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Belmont, Nevada

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Round Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89045. It lies near Hillen Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Belmont East quadrangle.

Belmont within Nye County

On record in Belmont

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Belmont between 1999 and 2019, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBattle Mountain District OfficeNO7
13 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBattle Mountain District OfficeMEADOW
3 November 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestSILVER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nye County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Belmont: 30 occurrences, 17 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arizona ClaimSilver, Copper, Antimony, Gold, Molybdenum, LeadPast ProducerCerargyrite, Molybdenite, Stetefeldite, Stromeyerite, Wulfenite
Barcelona MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Iron, Tungsten, Antimony, Mercury, Barium-BariteProducer1870
Bel ClaimsSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Antimony, VanadiumOccurrenceVein
Bmt Claim GroupArsenic, Semiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Combination MineSilver, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
El Dorado South MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Falcon ProspectTungsten, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, BismuthPast Producer1956
Hot No. 1 MineUranium, Molybdenum, Manganese, Zinc, Beryllium, LeadOccurrenceMolybdenite, Torbernite, Wulfenite
Monarch RanchCopper, Cobalt, Chromium, NickelOccurrence
NBMG Sample Site 2039Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Arsenic, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrence

Every working recorded in Nye County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belmont in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014Tornado (EF0)Belmont-A tornado was photographed by a hunter in the Butler Basin area. The tornado was over a nearby mountain range. Due to the remoteness of the area no storm survey was conducted.|Path length and width as well as duration of tornado on ground are rough estimates based off of photographs.

Every storm recorded in Nye County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
East Belmont (historical)1.2 miles8
Monarch (historical)4.5 miles9
Flowers Camp5.3 miles8
San Pedros5.4 miles8
Barcelona (historical)5.8 miles8
Barcelona Summit5.8 miles8
Van Ness (historical)6.5 miles8
Stone House (historical)6.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 858860. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.